UW
BLOCKCHAIN HACKS

Countdownuntil the
hackathon

About

#LinkUp

UW Blockchain Society is excited to present our first-ever Hackathon and Expo event
weekend, to be held at our University of Washington campus in Bothell, WA. The first two
days will be the Hackathon and is for students to create
software solutions with a focus on blockchain.

To conclude this exciting weekend, we will have our Blockchain Expo. Back by popular
demand from the success of last year, our Blockchain Expo provides an education based
expo featuring a variety of topics such as social media, a
debate on bitcoin, use cases, diversity in blockchain, and crypto taxes. Most blockchain
conferences cost $500+ and we wanted to provide an accessible option for students
especially since there is extremely high interest regarding
blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Our mission statement is to educate people in PNW about the fundamental mechanisms that
power blockchain technology. We hope to create a friendly environment for all types of
majors to join us!

Venue location

22 - 24 May, 2020

Stay Updated

These are some example tracks to choose from, we will have other challenges to be
announced
on the day of our event.

The Light Timeline

The most useful blockchain hack. This is something like a financial product (e.g. “decentralized online bank account”, or “buy and sell stocks”) a new digital currency that has some unique value (you can only spend it on books?) or maybe you want to create secure online voting. This challenge is for you to shine while you save the world!

The Dark Timeline

The most useless blockchain hack. We want to see the funniest and faddiest blockchain apps. If you want to build an ICO for cats, Dogecoin V2, TikTok-but-for-some-reason-its-on-blockchain... well you get it! If you make us laugh AND your useless hack achieves a useless goal (it’s got to actually do something) we give you cash money! Turn this hackathon into a wackathon for the memes.

Any ol' Hack

If you just want to do your thing and learn about blockchain, or use our simple account system with whatever you build, we will cheer you on! You can get this prize just for using one of our libraries in your hack.

Workshops

Topic Discussion

We will be updating this schedule with workshops. Stay tuned for future announcements!

Day 2 Hacking Begins!

1:00 PM

Azure ML Workshop

2:00 PM

Power BI & Data Science Workshop

5:00 PM

Code Submissions Due

5:00 PM

Judging Begins

All participants can join us for online networking while decisions are being made.

6:00 PM

Winners Announced

The official result will be published on

8:00 AM

Doors Open & Breakfast

More free food!

9:30 AM

Kick off

More time to network

10:30 AM

Speakers

Presentations about blockchain

12:30 PM

Lunch

More free food!

12:30 PM

Winner Announcement

See below for prizes

3:30 PM

Workshops

To improve skills

4:30 PM

Networking

Gain and strengthen connections

Q&A

Got questions?

Email us at info@uwblockchain.org for other inquiries!

What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a digital, public ledger that records online transactions. As it’s name
suggests, a blockchain is made up of a series of “blocks.” The blockchain software
records each transaction in a block without the aid of a third party like a bank or
payment processor.
For more information, watch this
Introduction to Blockchain Video.

Must my product be blockchain related?

No, it does not have to be. However, our industry partners are sponsoring prizes for
Blockchain specific Challenges!

How should I form my team?

We recommend different types of majors work together to create a finished
product. This example is using 5 team members. Each team is allowed to have
4 -5 team members.